Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pauwels, Olivier S. G., Morelle, Stephan, Albert, Jean-Louis, Carlino, Piero, Rahola, Nil & Trape, Jean-François, 2019, New reptile records from Lékédi Park and Haut-Ogooué Province, southeastern Gabon, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 174) 13 (1), pp. 143-161 : 145-146

Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758)

This highly anthropophilic species was already recorded by Pauwels et al. (2016b) from Bakoumba, where both Agama species probably co-exist, like in an increasing number of localities in Gabon. The propagation of Agama agama within Gabon is facilitated by human activities and the development of roads ( Pauwels et al. 2004). Agama lebretoni Wagner, Barej & Schmitz, 2009 Fig. 5 illustrates the ventral surface of a dead-on-road individual found in June 2016 by SM on the road between Lékédi Park and Bakoumba. Other individuals were observed by SM in Lékédi Park where the species is common. The male RBINS 18497 was caught by SM

in Léconi Park, Plateaux Dept., on 25 December 2017. It shows a pale vertebral stripe, a reticulated throat color pattern, 71 scale rows at midbody, a snout-vent length of 93 mm, and a tail length of 144 mm. It feigned death while handled. New records for both Depts. and for the parks (not recorded from these Depts. by Pauwels et al. 2016a –b, 2017b).

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Fig. 5. Ventral view of an adult dead-on-road male Agama lebretoni found on the road between Lékédi Park and Bakoumba, Haut-Ogooué Prov., southeastern Gabon. Photograph by S. Morelle.